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Cell Signaling Flashcards

1
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What are the three main stages of cell signaling

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Reception
Transduction
Response

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Reception

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A signaling molecule binds to a protein receptor and make it do things
The receptor can be on the plasma membrane or inside the cell

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Transduction

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A series of relay molecules that carries the signal into the cell and amplifies the signal

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Response

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This goes on inside the cell and activates cellular response

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Ligand

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This is a small molecule that binds. The binding is capable of producing a signal.
**These are signaling molecules

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The ligand will only bind and activate one specific receptor protein. True/ False

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True

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7
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List the three general class of receptors

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G protein-coupled receptors
Receptor tyrosine Kinases
Ion channel receptors

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Receptors inside the cell(cytoplasmic) do not responds\ to the membrane-permeable(small and hydrphobic) signals of the cell. True/False

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False

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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR)

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It has 7 transmembrane domains
When a signaling molecule binds with a GPCR this cause a conformational change in the GPCR.
This change can trigger a reaction with the GPCR and a G protein

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G protein

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This is a membrane bound enzyme that is part of the signal transduction system
G protein can be bound to the GDP(off site) or GTP (on site)

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Steps to activate G protein

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  1. Ligand binds to the GPCR, the receptor changes shape
  2. This allows the G protein to dock it
  3. GDP is released and GTP is loaded in. This activates the g protein
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What happens to the activated G protein

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  1. The activated g protein binds an inactive enzyme and activate it
  2. The enzyme can usually make cyclic AMP (cAMP - Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate)
    3 This can initiate the signal transduction
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What happens when GTP is hydrolyzed?

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When GTP is hydrolyzed, it releases phosphate and turns to GDP

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Rhodopsin

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one of a few GPCR in rod cell(a type of photoreceptors) that make up your eyes

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Retinal

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a small molecule cofactor (non protein or metallic compound that helps the enzyme catalyze reaction) that is bound to the receptor.

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16
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A retinal absorbs an incoming photon of light. True/False

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True. This causes the retinal to go from cis to trans conformation, the GCPR changes shape and start signal transduction

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17
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When a ligand binds to a receptor tyrosine kinases what happens?

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The receptor (single alpha helixes) comes together to form dimer.
**they were separate before.

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Kinase

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An enzyme that can add a phosphate group onto something(other molecules)

19
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How is the receptor activated in receptor tyrosine kinases?

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It is activated when the two monomers add phosphate to the hydroxyl group on the R groups of the tyrosine

20
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Does the phosphorylated tyrosines act as docking sites for relay proteins to bind and become activated. True/False

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True. This action kicks off signal transduction pathways

21
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Example of use of GPCR

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Smell and taste signaling (Ca+ or Na+ channels)
Example of GPCR is epinephrine

22
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Examples of use of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases(RTKs)

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Some RTKs regulate basic cell division like
- Triggering cell division (stem cells)
- Differentiation of cell into different cell types
- Survival of cell: if it goes into the apopthesis(cell suicide) or not.

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Function of RTKs

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They trigger cell division and ‘guide’ what type of cell the divided cell will differentiate into.

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Ligand-gated Ion channel receptors

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When the ligand come into contact with the Ligand-gated Ion channel receptors, the gate open for the ions. These lets the ions inside (down their concentration gradient), when the ligand leaves the gate closes.

25
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The ions don’t activate signal transduction. True/ False

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False

26
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Example of use for Ligand-gated Ion Channel Receptors

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This happens a lot in neurotransmission

27
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Transcription Factors

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These are proteins that binds to DNA at specific nucleotides. Depending on what the body needs they turn ON or OFF the transcription of specific genes

28
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Some ligand cross the plasma membrane. True / False

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True. An example is steroid

29
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Phosphorylation Cascades : process of transduction

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A relay molecule activate the protein kinase(enzyme) by adding a phosphate. This goes on until a cellular response is made

30
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Protein phosphates remove the phosphates from the cellular response. True/ False

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True. All kinases and everything is shut off

31
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Secondary Messengers

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These are inside the cell. They either trigger other transduction processes, or directly trigger cellular response

32
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Examples of Secondary Messengers

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Calcium Ions
Cyclic AMP

33
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Cyclic AMP

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They are made by ATP. An enzyme called adenylyl cyclase converts ATP into cAMP

34
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Phosphodiesterase

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This breaks the ring of cAMP and turn it into adenosine monophosphate (AMP).

35
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Advantage of having a multi-step transduction

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This allows for greater control of how ‘big’ the signal output will be. Amplification of signal
Different cell types respond/interact to signaling differently
rapid signaling from dilute hormones

36
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What are the types of signaling

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Autocrine
Endocrine
Synaptic
Paracrine
Signal through cell-cell contact

37
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Endocrine Signaling

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This happens in the bloodstream. It occurs over long distance between hormone producing molecules. Often from the brain.

38
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Paracrine Signaling

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Occurs between cell in close proximity with each other.

39
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Synaptic Signaling

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Under paracrine signaling. Nerve cells transmit signals. the synapse, the junction between two nerve cells where signal transmission occurs.

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Autocrine Signaling

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A cell signals to itself. it releases a ligand that binds to the receptor on its surface

41
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Signal through cell-cell contact

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Gap junction are channels that directly connect neighboring cells

42
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Crosstalk

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The activation of relay molecule(transduction pathway) can influence or inhibit the response of other transduction pathways

43
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The different signaling pathways that could happen when a ligand binds to a receptor

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The normal pathways: signaling molecule -> receptor -> relay molecules - > Response
Signaling Molecule -> Receptor -> different Relay Molecule -> different responses
Crosstalk: two different ligand -> two different receptors -> two different relay molecules that affect each other(increase or inhibit) -> response
same Ligand -> different receptor - > different relay molecules ->Response

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